The United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth is now lying in state at Westminster Hall, as thousands line up to see pay their respects ahead of the funeral on Monday...

After seven months of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian forces have suddenly reshaped the battlelines. An advance in the East and South at lightning speed, forcing Russian troops to retreat just as quickly.

Russia is struggling to get reinforcements to the front line after the recent Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Ukrainian army said Monday that its forces recaptured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) in Kherson, adding that the settlements of Vysokop...

Ukrainian officials say Russian missile and airstrikes on water facilities and a thermal power station have caused widespread outages across its eastern regions around Kharkiv and in Donbas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was attempti...

A big week for EU economic affairs: After the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an unprecedented rate hike yesterday, EU economic and finance ministers are gathering in Prague for an informal meeting. At the top of the agenda: the looming recession ca...

Moscow's former chief rabbi discusses anti-Semitism, morality and red line between democracy and authoritarianism in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Pinchas Goldschmidt spoke with Tim Sebastian from Berlin.

Pakistani officials on Tuesday were left struggling after a third attempt to drain the country's largest freshwater lake failed. After weeks of devastating floods, Lake Manchar in Sindh province is dangerously close to overflowing – which could destroy t...

Textile waste is having a devastating impact on Ghana's beaches. The country's coast is littered with the rotting fabric of old clothes from the global north. Every day, 160 tons of clothes arrive in Ghana - and a whole economy has developed around second...

Worldwide, environmental crime annually generates between about $110 billion and $281 billion in illicit profits. Although environmental crime is the fourth-largest type of crime financially speaking, authorities often have difficulties prosecuting it.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday called on Russia and Ukraine to establish a "nuclear safety and security protection zone" around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP). In a report of the...

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have left Number Ten Downing Street for the final time. It was the first act in a carefully choreographed handover of power - that saw Liz Truss become Britain's new prime minister. We spoke with Quentin Peel from the Eur...

Eu gas prices again reached near-record highs on Monday. EU countries are digesting the implications of Russia's decision to switch off flows down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany, announced on Friday. European stocks dropped at the start of the week...

In Germany, farmers are struggling with the impact of heatwaves and drought. Jonas Schulze Niehoff in eastern Germany is no exception. Alongside the traditional grains and potatoes, he's now testing out drought-resistant quinoa and chickpeas.

Ukraine's Prime Minister is visiting Berlin, after months of frosty relations with Germany. Denys Shmyhal is meeting with Chancellor Olaf Sholz and other officials to push for heavy weapons from Berlin. Shmyhal has offered to send Germany more electricity...

With over 60 percent of the world's uncultivated arable land, Africa should not be importing most of its grain, right? Ten years ago a World Bank report said "Africa's farmers can potentially grow enough food to feed the continent and avert future food cr...